Cognitive and literacy screening as predictors of ability to fill a pillbox using two pillbox assessment scoring methods.

Objective: To compare patient cognition measured by Medi-Cog, a tool to assess cognitive literacy and pillbox skills, with pillbox concordance using two scoring methods, Pillbox Fill (PBF) and Prospective Pill Count (PPC).

Design: Prospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study.

Setting: Primary care.

A pilot study to assess cognition and pillbox fill accuracy by community-dwelling older adults.

Objective: To assess pillbox fill accuracy and cognition among community-dwelling older adults.

Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional study.

Setting: Retail pharmacy.

Identifying patients at risk for medication mismanagement: using cognitive screens to predict a patient's accuracy in filling a pillbox.

Objective: To study the relationship between four cognitive screens (Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE], Mini-Cog, Medication Transfer Screen [MTS], and Medi-Cog [Mini-Cog + MTS]) and pillbox concordance.

Design: Prospective cross-sectional pilot study.

Setting: Primary care federal health care system.

Quality, labeling accuracy, and cost comparison of purified soy isoflavonoid products.

Objectives: To evaluate the labeling accuracy and product uniformity of available soy isoflavone products in the eastern Washington State region for 13 products and to perform a cost comparison based on the isoflavone content in milligrams for 11 products.

Design: Thirteen (13) isoflavone products (7 tablet and 6 capsule formulations) were randomly obtained from health food, grocery, and pharmacy outlets in eastern Washington State. Four different samples of the same product were extracted using 75% ethanol.